Ensure there is a lifecycle management policy configured for your Microsoft Azure Blob Storage data in order to meet compliance requirements when it comes to security and cost optimization. Azure Storage lifecycle management offers a rich, rule-based policy for general purpose and blob storage accounts. Use the lifecycle management policy to transition your Azure cloud...Read More
Identify the Azure ExpressRoute circuits that have been in the provider status of Not provisioned for more than one month. It recommends deleting the circuit if you aren't planning to provision the circuit with your connectivity provider.Read More
Identify the virtual network gateways that have been idle for more than 90 days. Because these gateways are billed hourly, you should consider reconfiguring or deleting them if you don't intend to use them anymore.Read More
Identify public IP addresses that aren't associated with Azure resources like load balancers and VMs. A nominal charge is associated with these public IP addresses. If you don't plan to use them, you can save money by deleting them.Read More
Identify snapshots that are stored in premium storage and recommends migrating then from premium to standard storage. The standard snapshot is by default for managed disk. To save 60% of cost, we recommend storing your snapshots in standard storage, regardless of the storage type of the parent disk.Read More
Identify and remove old Azure virtual machine (VM) disks snapshots for cost optimization. A virtual machine disk snapshot is considered old when the VM resource is older than the number of days (e.g. 30 days) specified in the rule settings (threshold). The threshold must be configured in the rule settings, on the Trend Micro Cloud...Read More
Ensure that your Microsoft Azure virtual machines (VMs) are using Standard SSD disk volumes instead of Premium SSD volumes for cost-effective storage that fits a broad range of workloads from web servers to enterprise applications that need consistent performance at lower IOPS levels. Unless you are running mission-critical applications or performance sensitive workloads that need...Read More
Identify any unattached (unused) Microsoft Azure virtual machine disk volumes available within your Azure cloud account. Consider to delete them if no needed.Read More
Ensure that a "Not Allowed Resource Types" policy is assigned to your Azure subscriptions in order to deny deploying restricted resources within your Azure cloud account for security and compliance purposes. Microsoft Azure Policy service allows you to enforce organizational standards and assess cloud compliance at-scale. With Azure Policy you can define, assign, and manage...Read More
Ensure that a "Not Allowed Resource Types" policy is assigned to your Azure subscriptions in order to deny deploying restricted resources within your Azure cloud account for security and compliance purposes. Microsoft Azure Policy service allows you to enforce organizational standards and assess cloud compliance at-scale. With Azure Policy you can define, assign, and manage...Read More
